Banana, Blueberry, and Lemon Muffins
I had a few very ripe bananas to use up so searched for a fun new recipe to bake. I found this recipe for banana, blueberry, and lemon muffins on Dragon’s Kitchen and couldn’t resist making them and I am glad I did. They were a huge hit with everyone, especially my kids. My son and I had a great time baking these muffins together and he had an even better time gobbling them up. I will be making these again and again.
Banana, Blueberry, and Lemon Muffins:
Ingredients:
- 2 1/4 cup flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 large ripe bananas, mashed
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 1/2 cups of blueberries
- 2 tbsp grated lemon zest, divided
- 3 tbsp sugar
How to Make Banana, Blueberry, and Lemon Muffins
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a muffin tray with cooking spray.
Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon of lemon zest in a small bowl.
Using a hand mixer, beat the bananas, eggs, brown sugar, melted butter, lemon juice, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined then carefully add 1 cup of blueberries and gently mix.
Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray.
Sprinkle the remaining blueberries evenly over the tops of each muffin, making sure to push them down a bit.
Combine the sugar and remaining tablespoon of lemon zest and sprinkle evenly on the top of each muffin.
Place into the oven and bake for 25-27 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for a few minutes. Enjoy.
Equipment
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp ground cinnamon
- 2 large ripe bananas mashed
- 2 eggs
- ⅔ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 ½ tbsp lemon juice
- 1 ½ cups of blueberries
- 2 tbsp grated lemon zest divided
- 3 tbsp sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Coat a muffin tray with cooking spray.
- Combine the flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon of lemon zest in a small bowl.
- Using a hand mixer, beat the bananas, eggs, brown sugar, melted butter, lemon juice, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in the dry ingredients until just combined then carefully add 1 cup of blueberries and gently mix.
- Scoop the batter evenly into the muffin tray.
- Sprinkle the remaining blueberries evenly over the tops of each muffin, making sure to push them down a bit.
- Combine the sugar and remaining tablespoon of lemon zest and sprinkle evenly on the top of each muffin.
- Place into the oven and bake for 25-27 minutes or until a tester inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from oven and cool on a wire rack for a few minutes. Enjoy.
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Is it 2/3 cups of brown sugar
A. Lasiy,
Yes, it’s 2/3 cup of brown sugar. Thanks for letting me know about the error. I have corrected the recipe.
~Pam
I found this recipe tasty. But SUPER dry. I was tempted to add milk to the recipe while mixing, but it REALLY would have been over mixed then. I would definitely add it next time, or yoghurt.
Kiki,
I’m sorry your batter was so dry but glad you thought the muffins were tasty. I’m sure adding a bit of milk or yogurt will work great.
-Pam
Was looking for a banana bread/muffin recipe that I could also use an excess of lemons and blueberries..perfect recipe. The recipe left me with more batter than the 12 muffins I planned for, so I used the extra in a mini-loaf pan. Baked for 25min, started at 20min then added, and perfectly baked! I love that this is not too sweet. I sprinkled the tops with turbinado sugar with lemon zest.
Karen,
I’m so glad you enjoyed the recipe and even got an extra mini loaf out of it! Thanks for taking the time to let me know.
-Pam
How many muffins does this recipe make?
Bill,
12 muffins. I hope you enjoy them.
-Pam